[Johnny555]

or just succumb to the dark side and pay for reviews which is WAY cheaper.

I thought this was what the Amazon Vine program was for -- a legitimate way for retailers to provide free products to reviewers in return for a review, and those reviews are clearly labeled as such.

Seems to work pretty well - I've bought some products that only had Vine reviews, and I've agreed with the reviewer.

[dylz]

Crap companies don't want Vine reviews, they want "real" fake reviews without the "I received this for free" marker.

Legitimate ones go for Vine that would have probably kinda earned it anyway.